Staple-retainer.



R. I. HERRICK.

STAPLE RETAINER. -APPLIGATION FILED sEPT.2s,`191o.

/NI/'ENTOR WITNESSES sinrne REUBE HERR-XCR, D??

CARLNVIELLE, LLINOS.

STQPLE-RETIHCE u.

ilzpjicatien filed September 23, 1910.

To @ZE whom it may concern.' i

Be it known thet', Rennen J. Hennen, s citizen ci? tiieftnited States, residing et nvile in the ceunty or" Iiraeoupin sind State r .n incis7 imve invented certain new :ind ns ii niprevenents in Steph-Retainers, of which the foiiewing is specicet-ien,

This invention reietes te devices fer heid- LO ing;- the staples which nre enipieyed forseobject to provide heit ing device of the kind stated, which is embedded in 'the post dni-ing the process of its nimnit'ecture, and

which device consists in e nevel censtrnctien end errengenient of parts, and possesses ccr- 'tain advantages, es will be hereinafter den fi the accompanying dreiving, forming a of this speciicstien, Figure i is a pere ew et a. fragment et' the holding e sione the staples in position, the fence pest te which the device is eppiied being snewn perth breiten s my. 2 is n trent Lvetien n fence pest shewing the posit-ien of the device thereon Referring sgeciicniy te the drawing, the retaining device-comprises e. singie strip et' snitebie sheet metal which is denbied over by being' bent its ion tndinei medien tine, indicated 5. "ree two parts 6 of the strip nrestzim d er pressed te come cieseiy tegetiier, and escn is formed 'with 'transverse cerrug'etiens which ferm eenings between tile pei-ts @13 te receive tne die stevie 8.

f t ie respective @erts ir cenve; portions i, the concave of theA cerrneetiens f ene est the "ve-ing ceverediby the other t frugntiens et tire respective parte are need in gestire, the nienibers the enf seed spurt distance te cerressend e space between the prongs tin i e tree edges nii tee rtg.

3 eej! tend isverseiy of thei :t: pseine tnstcnce trein tne bend e. 'i

g mentions entend straight across the "er e pertien ef their iengti end Specification of Letters Essent.

then deiciected laterally, :is indicated et 9, the members er' the peirs being .thus deiected in opposite directions, so thet- 'when the staple is driven7 its prongs will be spread.

The device herein described is simple in construction, and can therefore De 'cheaply manufactured. lt een be readily pierced in the post 10 by being pushed down in the concrete mixture While it is still in e green state, ieeving its edge, which shows the openings formed by the cerrngations, finsh with the fece of the post. After the post hsrdens, the stepies een be driven into the openings. Any ordinary fence staple can be used, ne specially constructed stepie being required. inasmuch es the device is mede in one piece, it is rigid and firm, and the eerrugstions also serve to retain it in piece within the pest. The staples uponbeing driven follow the straight portions of the corrngetiens, and upon entering the deiected portiens ere spread in opposite directions, whereby they are firmly held in piace. The pesitien of the cerrngnticn et one the parts With respect te the adjacent corrugetien of the other part is such 'that the stepie is driven into the post. eniiquely.

if cieirn:

l. t staple retainer cernprising s strik.l Winch is doubled over, the two pertiens ei t` e strip having transverse cerrugsticns eX- tending from their free edges, end the corrngetiens of the respective portions of the strip being arranged in pairs 'te receive the prongs ei'tne staple, and the members et' seid pairs being enliqueiy spaced with re spect to the edges of the strip. 1

2. A step'ie retainer comprising :i psir of i centigneus strips having transverse corre.w gatiens extending frein one et" their edge n tine ccrrugnticns 0i the reseective strips bein arranged in pairs to receive prongs et tite stzinie, and the members of seid pairs ebiiqneiy spaced with respect to the et strip. S. fr steiie r `tninei comprising s pair ef c ntigneus strips having transverse corrugetiens extending frein one ef their edges, the cerrngeticns of tire respective strips nesrreiiged. in pairs te receive the prongs c'. the stepie, end the members et seid pairs cerr'ngstiens being; eiiiqeeiy spaced with respect te the edges the st ip and having .ietereiiy detiected portions in opposite direetiens te spread seid prongs nit the stajeie.,

4. A staple retainer comprising a-pair of of the respective strips being arranged lin cntiguous strips having transverse corrupairs to receive the prongs of the staple. l 10 etionsxtending from one of their edges, In testimony whereof I aix my signature t ey convex --portions of the corrugations bein presence of two Witnesses.

j; ing on the outside of the respectivev strips, REUBEN J. HERR-IGK.

-t-he coneave portions of the corrugations of l Witnesses:

one strip being covered by the straight por- I C. J. C. FISCHER,

tin-Qi the other strip, and said corrugations i A. S. HERRICK. 

